Quand la sociologie critique devient une glace déformante

Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy

“…The analysis suggests that they contributed to the formulation of the law in order to extend consensus, to achieve legitimation, to strengthen their own influence, and to obtain economic advantages. In contrast, Bobbio and Floridia (2016) highlight that a major role in fostering a new regional law on citizens' participation in Tuscany was played by a large movement of associations and intellectuals, and that, therefore, the role attributed to the presumed self-interest of a limited number of actors, albeit influential, is a clear deformation of what transpired. The authors highlight that to produce a profound and realistic interpretation, researchers should refer to a plurality of social theories: the behaviour of actors is influenced not only by interests, but also by values, beliefs, cognitive shortcomings, and shortcuts, the social and historical context in which they are embedded, and the networks of which they are a part, amongst other factors.…”